Last year, the wizards at Magic Lantern enabled raw recording on Canon DSLR’s. Raw is the same lossless format used by the highest-end cinema cameras like RED and Arri Alexa. It’s a breakthrough in image quality, but the painfully tedious workflow and

Adding film grain gives character to the images created by DSLR’s and video cameras. It can create moods, evoke an era, or just give a sense of style. However, It can be frustrating to optimize film grain for Youtube, Vimeo, and

The Nikon D5200 is a budget DSLR (approx $700 body only) released to little fanfare earlier this year. I’ve been using it for the last several months to shoot interviews for the Yahoo! original web series “The Girl’s Game”. I have also

The blogosphere is blowing up with talk of the new “game changing” stabilizer from FreeFly Systems: the MoVI. It is a camera stabilizer based on the latest technology used for cameras on quadcopters. It’s a smaller, lighter, and easier-to-use version of the

24 frames per second has long been the standard frame rate for film production. 30fps and 60fps have a distinctly “video” look, which is often undesirable. So how do you achieve this cinematic look if your camera only shoots 60 or 30fps,

Got $10? Get some reading glasses, or grab some old eyeglasses, pop out the lenses, and hold them in front of your lens to create magical effects. You’ve probably seen this look before; perhaps you didn’t know how it was done. It’s

If you have a Sony Rx100, you know it’s the best compact camera for video. But getting the settings right can be tricky. This is meant to be a handy, step-by-step guide for getting the best video out of the camera. Stills

Last night I had a ball filming at a very dimly lit bar in Santa Monica. There was a magical, convivial vibe in the air, and I wanted to capture the mood of the place the way I felt it, without attracting

It’s a little thing called the KineRAW Mini. It’s from China. It shoots 12-bit, 2k RAW, fits in the palm of your hand, and has a s35 (roughly APS-C) sized sensor. But with an adapter, you can turn this into a full-frame

Last fall, I was approached by VivaVegas.tv, a Las Vegas events promotion company, to create a branded video about one of their nightclub parties at Haze. I’ve never had a particular interest in shooting at clubs, or events of any kind, because